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you, from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to -- we began with heartbreaking devastation and the fallout from hurricane ian. heavy rains as still inundating parts of the east coast. there are now at least 78 reported storm related deaths, and power outages are way down from yesterday. 837,000. households in florida, 21,000 in north carolina, 10,000 in virginia. famous administrator, diane ghandour, criswell, told my colleague that real challenges remain in parts of florida. >> we had well over 2 million people without power immediately following the storm. the power companies there have done an amazing job of getting the majority of people back online. i think what the difficulty comes in, jonathan, as there are so many homes, especially in that area, that were completely devastated. they're going to house by house
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because they have to go through that debris to make sure that they're looking for people that could hopefully still be alive, we can rescue. >> the coast guard is still on the job, carrying out much of that critical search and rescue work as hundreds of thousands struggle with lack of basic necessities, like power, water, and cell phone service. >> there's no water, there's no electric, there is little food. the problem, is you can't get in your car because those are all wrapped. there's no place to buy gas. you can't go to the grocery store because you can't walk there. >> cleanup certainly underway in south carolina. up and down the east coast as residents from the hardest hit areas in florida get a first look at what is left of their homes in the most vulnerable coastal areas. president biden announced yesterday that he hopes to visit florida tomorrow, and puerto rico on wednesday. puerto rico is still really from hurricane fiona.
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75 people were killed, there more than 148,000 households were without electricity to weeks after that storm. let's go to florida, now, that's where -- both the reporting from fort myers beach. welcome. we'll begin with you, les. talk about the latest on the situation there, the recovery efforts. it was really striking to me hearing those people who are literally stuck where they are. they can access their cars, the roads are wiped, out there is no gas to move. it's really extraordinary. >> alex, just riding out a monstrous storm like this is already traumatic, but so many are trapped or isolated in those water logged homes. the roads to get there, completely destroyed. this area, lee county, one of the hardest hit of those deaths that we've seen. the majority are in this area. that includes fort myers, pine island, sanibel island, the florida governor called this ground zero. resident i spoke with calls it apocalyptic. it really looks unrecognizable. you can see the dock behind me,
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or what's left of it. so many boats were in these slips. large ones, double decker. they are all across the strap. the storm surge was enough to go over the power line and search them across the street. a building also moves its way across the street. we're talking 100 yards from the shore. some of these boats. some residents, after they were starting to get trapped in their homes, rode out the storm in a sailboat, or in a diving vote. what a horrific thing to imagine. just so grateful to be alive. i spoke with a business owner here, or you might hear the background an escalator. we're starting to see crews coming in to try to pick up the pieces after hurricane ian just ripped through this area. i spoke with a business owner. this used to be a vibrant marina. he owned, is called getaway. you can imagine getting a drink at the tiki bar. here taking a stroll, getting
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-- now is just completely rubble. his name is bob leisure, the owner. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> the truck hit the corner of my building. i think that's what took out the second floor, then it led all the rudder in the russian. that one hit, we might save, divide it is what it is. so when i got here, everything was everywhere, if you haven't seen a before, we've got cleanup. i was devastated, but, you know, these things happen we're all alive. since we're all alive, condolences go to the people who aren't. there are many that i think are not going to be once they. >> when we hear that over and over again. and people who chose to ride out the storm just grateful to be alive, reflecting on those who weren't so lucky. that death toll continues to rise. residents like bob talk about the frustration with lee county officials here are getting some criticism that they were late to tell folks to evacuate. and their response as well,
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keeping out looters, getting in support. bob said he was able to evacuate. so glad he dead. that his family is safe. he encourages others to do so in a powerful storm like this comes along. alex. >> liz, thank you so much for that. let's go right now to quadrant agus, who has an amazing story of survival. guad, let's hear it. >> alex, we've been going to communities to talk to people who have been returning to their homes, like you said. those who were able to evacuate in time. this is an area where i was told the water went to about here. people shoulders. so some people evacuated, i spoke with, them they said, you know, you should go to cross the street and talk to them. they survived by hiding inside the attic. here's part of the conversation i had with one of those residents. >> so when the water got up to here, they use the table to stand up, they went in the attic. at some point, they saw the
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water rising in, and they felt like they wouldn't be able to stay in their, so they went outside, they realize the courts were so strong, so they had to go back in the attic. >> some of them slapped up there. some spent the night up there. eight of them one of the attic. when the water finally went away, they were sleeping on top of the refrigerator, or anything that they could, because everything else was wet. >> so that's just a group of neighbors in that area. it's interesting having these conversations, because you have to pay things happening. i'm going to walk over so you can see the street, this is the streak that the search and rescue teams are using to get from fort myers down into fort myers beach. that's where there's an evacuation order. that's grounds era. i mean, there's a lot of destruction here, but that is the area that they're just asking everyone to clear. i've seen a lot of emergency
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vehicles come in and out. you can see a lot of votes that are built in, some houses that are basically washed over to the other side of the street. this is the construction that remains. if you go further down the street, you have communities. that's where i spoke to those individuals who have the attic. these are people who still have their home, but everything inside got wet and ruined. most of the people in that community work on the islands, at the restaurants, and the service industry. they now have no job. all of the furniture is ruined. they have a lot of water, they have a lot of food. that's being distributed. they asked me so i don't know what i'm going to do next. these individuals, they can't survive with what they have, basic necessities, but they don't know where they'll be live aim. they don't know if they have a job. i think there's going to be a lot of people thinking about the situation. when we were there, he got a text message from his landlord asked gain what his plans were. he says, what happens now? do i keep paying rent?
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we had a conversation, they've devalue the structure and all this. this is what people are going to be going through in the next few days. you've got issues with the power, issues with the internet, but just making decisions, where do -- as he explained to us what was happening with the situation, and showed us, as you saw, how they won in the attic, also took us outside and showed us a pile of stuff that they've been taking them, trying to see if anything is good for them two years. basically, the only thing that they're sort of taking out of all the damage materials are the clothing. they're trying their clothing. other than that, these are individuals who have nothing. as the search and rescue efforts took -- they're still looking for survivors, they're still evacuating people. different things move in different parts moving at the same time. i want to add a comment, all, so i chose her that fpl, the power company here, they expect more than 90% of the power will be restored to a lot of the
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affected areas here in south florida. they're working hard. they're hoping to restore power to a lot of the individuals here in southwest florida. >> listen, it's a heck of a story you're telling us. there's a little bit of a power hiccup every once in a while to getting your shot there. let me ask you, as these people are contemplating what they do next, as much as we all admire the powerful spirit of people, and wanting to rebuild, and the indomitable nature of so many americans, in the face of controversy like this, are you hearing people say i'm not going to come back? the question has to be asked of officials and residents, is it worth it to rebuild in places like this, when the landscape has been changed forever, and where monetarily, are you putting good money and to something that will only have another horrible, devastation like this in the future? >> alex, we've been --
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for example -- he plans to -- an engineer, but i did working construction when i was in college, as a side job. i can tell you -- my work is the foundation. it looks like it's falling apart, but he said, you know what -- business, and i'm rebuilding. that this is just one individual. the guy who won the ad access that -- i'm contacting people that i know one of the cities to see if i can go somewhere, i get a job. it seems to be -- finding options wherever it is they have a place to stay. those with more -- are going to be doing this. they did speak with another woman, and down the street, who said i'm going to go through -- and -- >> yeah. what venegas, thanks so much. my apologies to our viewers who are here in a few little hiccups there, officially an audio the like. it is what it is when covering a storm like. this thank you.
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and our next segment, three big topics. for a stab, the new reporting of the national archives at this mar-a-lago documents. plus, ginni thomas and her testimony before the january six committee. the former president is giving her a big thank you. what to expect for the supreme court's new term of been new polls that show the majority of americans think the court is out of touch. out of touch the new subway series menu. the greatest sandwich roster ever assembled. for more on the new boss, here's patrick mahomes. incredible - meatballs, fresh mozzarella and pepperon- oh, the meatball's out! i thought he never fumbles. the new subway series. what's your pick?
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reporting reveals the national archives is still missing records from trump officials. the washington post reports electronic messages from trump administration officials. this comes as donald trump lashes out at a rally, slamming the department of justice over its search for documents in mar-a-lago. meanwhile, trump appointed judge, aileen cannon, granted trump's attorneys in their
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legal victory telling them they need to go to backup the former presidents claim. the -- the doj,, meanwhile is hoping to speed up his appeal of the special master. at noon today, we're getting new insight into the january six committee's next public hearing. here's committee member, jamie raskin this morning. >> we may have some updates on what happened with all of the missing secret service text, but we may have more information from the secret service about what actually happened. we're basically going to give the public all of the material, essential information that we have about what happens. the other thing, ali, is we're going to talk about the continuing clear and present danger posed by the political force says that unleashed by donald trump against us. >> joining me now is choice -- u.s. attorney, and msnbc legal activists, and -- and chief white house
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correspondent for the new york times, coauthor of the new book, the divider. trump in the white house, 2017 to 2021. welcome to you both. joy, is you first. i want to start with the new reporting that the national archives told the house oversight committee it hasn't yet over -- of trump administration officials. they're also reportedly saying they will consult with the doj on whether to initiate action for recovery of records and lawfully removed. what do you make of all that. what kind of wrinkled at the sides of the doj's ongoing investigation? >> it's a fairly startling statement this far out from the end of the administration. we should be careful because we don't yet know what sorts of records there talking about. is this routine collection, despite the delay? there is some suggestion in the letter that neera wrote that this may be the result of a high-level administrative officials who weren't using
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official government communications devices, which means that all of their communications warrant storage. which is required under record retention acts. that if they have high-ranking officials who are using private phones, using signal, using other forms of non governmental human occasions. i suspect we'll see a pretty vigorous effort to see those back. if you combine this with the sort of obstruction that we see at mar-a-lago, it could become of interest ideology. >> peter, one of your recent articles looked at all the investigation surrounding the former president. there is no shortage of drip, drip, drip on every one of these fronts. in volume, in scope, in nature. here is an impossible question i'm going to ask you. how or where does this? and is there one of these that leads everything else to rust? >> well, we don't know how it ends, obviously. we ought to be careful about that. from time to time, over the last for five years, we assume that this or that revelation,
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are those that investigation might be the end of president trump's political career. we have been wrong every time. a lot of these things, of course, would appeal to a more normal presidents or politician, that would damage their political rear. yet, he has proved to be a moon, or at least resistant to any serious consequences as a result. we gotta be careful with. that i think -- the one that seems legally most acute at the moment is this notion of the documents case. january six is more important. it's more fundamental to our society. i also think it's harder situation for the justice department, because the statute do you use to charge him with. they're probably good options there, but it's not a easy thing. they have been charged a lot of former presidents with an insurrection, or whatever you want to call it. so there's not a lot of good. precedent, whereas plenty of precedent for charging former
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officials with access, or taking documents that they weren't entitled to. i think that sort of the more approximate, narrower, easier arguments to make legally. >> okay. to your point, truffle on trump. there's a reason he's guarded that name. joy, is more than a -- says the search of mar-a-lago. the doj is asking them to speak at this appeal process, how do you interpret? that does neither side have illegal upper hand right now? >> well this motion to expedite proceedings before the 11th circuit makes a lot of sense. the usual briefing schedule in an appeal extends out for months. parties are given 30 days, set some points to respond to the brief that they've received from their opponents. that procedure moves very slowly by design. in a situation like this, the doj's made the appropriate argument to the court, va shoes are presented very squarely. there is factual development that's necessary. the legal issues have been
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discussed. the lower courts. this case is essentially ready for the 11th circuit to decide the parties could file their briefs on a very tight schedule. there's no need for the sort of normal delay that would proceed. that is to your procedural question, alex, whether the sights has an upper hands. i think this also leads in doj's favor, if you're looking simply at the law here. we have this early decision made by a panel of judges at the 11th circuit, considering whether to grant this emotion, or not. in the course of that proceeding, they seem to have weighed in in a that portends the doj is very likely to succeed in the appeal -- the judges to decide these early motions, it'll be a different three judge panel that will decide the case itself. we have to be careful not to read too much into that ruling. >> okay. peter, let's look at what went down at the rally in michigan
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last night with donald trump appeared to take aim at your new york times colleague, making hagerman. let's all take a listen. >> i heard a story of the day that i wanted to fire my daughter, of all. got that didn't happen. that was a writer from the fake new york times, the failure new york times. a lot of fun fun, and liability. that is a really bad. reporter thinks that she is my biographer, even though she knows me a lot less than some of the people standing right on that platform right back there. >> you have to consider the source for those statements. did maggie interview trump himself three times for her book? you just co-wrote a book on, trump you also interviewed him. here's the question, is it worth writing a book on trump? what goes through your mind, peter, when you hear attacks like that? does donald trump have a clue with how reckless and dangerous it is to be calling individuals out -- >> well, it's is part and
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parcel for how he has operated all along. he has this relationship with maggie, with ourselves, with my wife susan, and other reporters, in which he does talk with us, does give interviews, and then as soon as the report comes out and away he doesn't like, then attacks s and he has a particular fixation on making, no doubt about. it he has for years. he himself is the one who told her that he likes talking with her because she's like a psychiatry asked. she's not a psychologist, she's a reporter who's doing her job. there are things that are certainly true but he doesn't, like he tries to discredit her. he's done this for years. we remind readers of what he told leslie stall when she asked him why do you always attack this reporters. he said because when you write something i don't like, i want to discredit you so that people won't believe what you write. that's what it really is. it's a strategy as well as a motion on his part, in which he
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bites the hand that feeds him because he's a couture, and so my, so the media. he wants his base should believe ham, no other independent source of information. >> you heard moments ago, peter, -- discuss what to expect in the january six next, committee hearing. as this committee is preparing a final report, how important is the timing of all of us with the midterms now 37 days away? >> yeah, look, they're trying to, in a, fact get their results out before midterms. they know they might lose. if the republicans win the house in the midterm, this committee goes away, clearly. they're racing against time. whether they intend to our, not their release of information in the last year, and this fall period, serves to remind the public of what consequences were in january six, and for the point of view of the democrats. a way of keeping the issues
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that they think are important, that the voters are not even considering as they go to the polls. this should not be simply fading away. this could be an important topic of conversation, as we decide these elections this fall. >> let's talk choice quickly about the new term for the supreme court, it begins tomorrow. it is the first term for supreme court justice, ketanji john broxton. what's got your attention as you head into the new term, joyce? what do you think will be the biggest storylines? >> while there are a number of cases the court will be deciding this term that revisit long lasting precedent that people thought was inviolable. last term, when the court reversed rose versus wade, we learned that that was not the case with this new conservative majority on the court. first of this week is the case in alabama that looks at race and redistricting. alabama drew its maps in a way that was very much it along the lines of minimizing the ability of black voters to elect
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candidates of their choice. appropriate numbers to their percentage in the population. the court will look at that and considerate as demise of one of the remaining provisions of the voting rights act. unfortunately, the term goes downhill from there. the second look, really, third look, at affirmative action. then again, if there is the theme this -- it's the notion that traditional protections for race and for other sorts of people that require special protection, those sorts of protections may go out the window this term. >> buckle up, everyone. that's going to be too rough to endure, but we well with your help, peter baker, thanks my friends, good to see you. no running water or access to the suffragist of. one -- is trying to meet a new incident challenge for florida. it's not just with chips and learn a lot, about something far greater. eater. it's the all-new subway series menu. twelve irresistible new subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created.
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hurricane ian at the half hour. the death toll now stands at 78 on florida and north carolina. meanwhile, residents in the hardest hit parts of florida are waking up today to these headlines. florida newspapers reflecting the reality of death, destruction, desperation, and delayed evacuation orders in some areas. let's go to the white house with newer today on biden and the first lady traveling to the storm ravaged areas this week, assessing the damage is left behind by two catastrophic hurricanes between ian and fiona. let's go to josh -- joining from the white house. what's the latest on these plans? >> well, alex, biden will head first tomorrow to view hurricane damage in puerto rico and then wednesday to florida. he will be accompanied on both stopped by first lady jill biden.
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the reason he's going first to puerto rico is that, as he said a few days ago, he wants to make sure that he goes to florida if he waits until they are passed the initial search and rescue efforts to where our presidential visit with all of the logistics and motorcades and law enforcement resources involved in that do not actually pull resources away from the emergent hurricane recovery efforts. on both of these stops, we expect president biden not only to get a firsthand look at the damage from recent weather events but also to be up to speak to local officials on the ground about the work that the federal government is doing both in puerto rico and a half of the federal government might need to do to help those areas. biden reflecting on the damage in puerto rico in florida as he spoke last night here in washington. take a listen. >> our hearts, to state the obvious, can't go without saying, are heavy. this devastating hurricane
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storm in puerto rico, south carolina, we owe puerto rico a lot more than they've got. >> in puerto rico there's been so much criticism of how long it has taken for aid to get to puerto rico. recently government accountability office found that of the 32.2 billion dollars, alex, that fema has sent after hurricanes berman maria to puerto rico in the virgin islands only 1 to 4 list of dollars have been spent. a big part of this is making sure that those resources actually get out to people who need them which is a big focus on what they're doing in florida. more than 400,000 federal workers on the ground in the state of florida to help out there, alex. >> all right, josh lederman, we appreciate that update from the white house. in the meantime we are going to nail. over 100,000 people are without power in florida and lake county, where it made landfall, have no running water. thousands of victims,
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volunteers, and first responders are getting hot heels thanks to the charity mercy chef who was founded in the wake of hurricane katrina. with us now is gary, -- ceo of mercy chefs. one thing that is so critical in this disaster, maybe overlooked, is the difficulty and making the important decisions on an empty stomach or without eating properly, let alone if you're frightened or overwhelmed. talk to me about the importance of these quality quality hot meals that you are serving. >> well, alex, we believe that mercy chef that something amazing happens over a shared meal. you might know that with friends and families, but coming to folks who have just lost everything in such a great honor. we see people take a moment, maybe it's the first time they've contemplated the circumstances, or just had the time of normalcy. you see for a brief moment of people will break down into
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tears when they have that opportunity to think about what has happened. >> you know what is interesting, people are able to talk about similar experiences. they share that. maybe they helped get ideas, things foment, think i will try this, i will try that. that is all happening thanks to you, chef. it is wonderful. the logistics of what you do, i can't even get my head around that. you earn a place with no water, you have no power, how does that work? >> well, all of our kitchens our purpose built. these are kitchens that we designed. the hot components first and then built a trail around them. we have on board diesel generators, water purification units. we come with all of our own groceries and fuel and accommodations for our staff. we always want to be fully independent, we don't want to tax the local folks or supplies at all. we come in with an army. . you can imagine a hotel that could do 30,000 meals and then
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put wheels underneath that. think about that, here. that is what mercy chefs is doing every day. >> that is extraordinary. as you served last night, i understand a pork loin that was smoked for hours. you are feeding people in a caring, thoughtful way. what kinds of conversations are you overhearing? what kind of people are serving? >> we are serving everybody. volunteers, first responders, we are feeding the search and rescue teams custom wheels because we know that they need to be fueled the best we can. we are sending meals to five of the local hospital side aren't able to come and we're having people from the neighborhood walk into the hospitals, just asking please can you feed me, i'm hungry. we are working hard to increase our capacity every day and get meals to the people who need the most. from the large quantities to the simple ones like the lady
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who emails and says i'm my mom stuck in her home, could you take her meal? mercy chefs is taking care of all of those in need the best we can. >> last you for doing that. i know you're amos 30,000 of meals a day, how close are you to get to that? >> we have two of our mobile kitchens here, we're going to go over 20,000 today. we have a third mobile kitchen arriving in the next hour. 30,000 is in reach and we should be at that number tomorrow. >> what are you eating right now, gary? those viewers that are here watching you and think we want to help you and help the effort that mercy chefs, what can they do? >> the first thing i will do is to ask everyone to pray for the folks in florida. our hearts are breaking they have endured so much. the need to know that the rest of the country standing with them and that they have not been forgotten. i was in puerto rico last week and it was the same thing i heard from the people in puerto rico. please don't forget us here.
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that's the first thing. the second thing, if people are local or want to get it they can volunteer with us and look at mercy chef.com website. there are volunteer links there. for folks who would like to contribute, there's a link there for them to stay with us as we see people here in florida. >> mercy chefs.com. i hope people log on and check it out. in the meantime thank you for your time and efforts, you are very much appreciated. >> in the meantime, coming up next, it was just a game but not to the fans. rival soccer teams in indonesia, the end result is stunning and shocking and flat out horrible. one of the deadliest soccer riots in history. also the stats to share. the number of mass shootings this year in the u.s. stands at 513. the gun violence -- indicates that 63 mass shootings in september alone. all of that mayhem killing just over 500 people. research shows that people remember ads with young people
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soccer match. so, more than 100 people lost in the hospital after that stampede which happened as police were trying to quell or riot. let's go to molly hunter with more on this. a stunning, horrible story. what started, that molly? >> yeah, alex, stunning, terrifying, all of those words when you look at what was meant to be a fun night out at a soccer game. a couple of things are going on and why it caught so bad. to start with, the stadium was packed. it was two arch rivals, alex, playing against each other in east java. the city, we believe, was on overcapacity so more than 40,000 people packed in. that comes into play because there aren't enough exits to get everybody else. what happens is the whole team loses to their arch rivals. fans rush on the field and started rioting, throwing bottles pills, flair's. according to officials they start attack attacking the police, there. clashes start with police and
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then the moment that became the core of the investigation, what is really in the spotlight now is how the police respond to that. they start talking in tear gas canisters into the crowd to disperse the crowds. the problem is, then the crowd panics which causes a massive stampede. at this point we have tens of thousands of people heading for one exit. the main exit, alex. a lot of the injuries and the reason the death toll climb so quickly is that people were trampled, suffocated. tear gas, alex, is banned inside of stadiums. it is considered excessive use of force by fifa and the owner said today that the soccer world's a state of shock. amnesty international is put out a statement slamming the indonesian police for what they call excessive force. as you mentioned, 125 people have been killed. that death toll maybe go up, 100 people are still in the hospital with at least the injury number at about 320
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people. many have critical injuries. we may see those numbers rise later today, indonesia has announced a suspension of the top soccer leave with a investigation into the situation taking place. >> it's extraordinary, the story. absolutely stunning and tragic. thank you very much molly for bringing at this the details. but seven easton midterms in a new poll shows the most important issues for a key polling group, what does it mean for the november vote? congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has many controversial marks, but her words now are downright scary. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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points among latino voters, however that democratic advantage has declined from past elections. joining me now is eileen -- vice president of hard research group which conducted that poll. republican strategist and msnbc analyst and former republican congress person from the florida, david jolly. also an msnbc analyst. eileen first, to you. give us your insights into the democrats shrinking lead over republicans. what kind of margins stick out most to you? >> it has a democratic pollster i get asked this question quite a lot and i would like to look at a historical perspective. we know republicans are not new, historically anything from one -- one and three latinos have supported democrats in the election, so we can see the margins for voters. obviously since 2012 and the extension of democratic means
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under obama there was expectations of what that might mean in the future for democratic candidates. in 2020, the conventional wisdom is at the fact of the matter is that trump and republicans did make -- votes with some sideways of latina voters. while biden democratic candidates retain the lead, there was some demotion there from what was expected. especially latino men who not only supported trump with higher numbers, they also turned out to vote at higher levels than what we might have expected and, in doing so, change the composition of the electorate. >> can i ask you what was it that appeal to latino men? and you say specifically that had a higher presence and voted more overwhelmingly for him in 2020, what was last? >> i mean, i think the economy is front and center for latinos
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generally, but we know man. they very much believe in the american dream and working hard. they recently about the economic message that resonated. i do want to say and, just going back to your original question about the shrinking -- and there is still very much an open question. we don't know how margins will look in the future, what we do know is that we saw a decline since 2012 in the obama years. going forward i think, in my's perspective, that still very much an open question. >> interesting. susan, we have latino voters typically choosing democrats for abortion, and protecting health care, democracy and then they give republicans the edge on the economy, border security, and crime. when asked what they consider the most important issue 22% are saying cost a living, 20% pan-democracy, to -- economy and 11% immigration. which party issue gets the edge in november?
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>> i think that the democrats will still have the edge, but it is really important to recognize that the hispanic vote has been trending as a more open vote, if you will. it is up for grabs more than ever and one of the things i noticed in my work with emerson college and their focus groups is that, yes, they will say that the democrats are better on immigration but they haven't done anything. yes donald trump is a racist but the economy was better under them. i'm not saying that these things are true, i'm saying that these are the things you hear in focus groups. you take those two numbers of 23 and -- now at 40%. if republicans are doing better with the economy, then democrats, that opens up the vote. i think both sides have not really listened to this community. there are a lot of people up for grabs and they are just recording them in the last 37
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days, if you will. >> david, you have 51% of latino voters in this poll saying they agree with biden's job and 45% disapprove. break down the issues. here we go, 49% food percent approve of his handling of foreign policy, 42% on border security, and 41% on economy. latinos still give the president better marks than the broader paul public, how critical is that? >> not by much. i would suggest it still shows joe biden has work to do among also castillo economic demographics. i do think though the important thing here is the context, right? latino community, hispanic community, while not monolithic perform better for democrats than just republicans. to use the word that susan used, it's demographic in the polls that has demonstrated open this to voting for republicans. i have some history and some of the texas races and what you
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will hear is kind of a non statistical focus group in some of those communities are the issues of crime, which showed up in this poll. that's because of the way democrats briefly went with the defund the police. that was a very powerful narrative that you saw the hispanic and latino community respond to very negatively. that is some traditional faith-based issues. in pockets of the hispanic community where you have a deeply held catholic view of the world in orientation, obviously the cultural issues are more in line with republicans and democrats. still, favorable to democrats. open is a great word. >> since susan said, it all go with you eileen, do you agree with susan in by association david? >> -- catholics. i think that's a misconception about latinos and religion. the lieutenant community is very catholic, but catholics tend to support democrats as much higher numbers than
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latinos and other nomination partisan evangelicals. it's more between the evangelical latinos that we see higher republican numbers then selectively catholics. i do want to say, i would push back a bit on the perspective that we are somehow seeing the grid latino group become more open let me if ever seen them, i wouldn't go that far. if we go before the obama years we saw higher numbers for republicans -- we've always seen absent close with a latina vote to because it is a diverse, nuanced, complex voting group. that's what we see with these absent close. i wouldn't go as far as states more open than it's ever been before. >> interesting. susan, let's get to this. one republican congressman marjorie taylor greene raising eyebrows at donald trump's rally in michigan last night, let's take a listen. >> we are all targets now though, for daring to push back against the regime.
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it doesn't stop at a weaponized legal system. i am not going to mince words with you all, democrats want republicans dead. they've already started the killings. okay. >> as we all pick up our jaws up from the ground, apparently she was referencing some sort of specific incident. it is unclear what exactly has happened there. what do you make of this rhetoric. on top of that, why is a georgia congresswoman campaigning in michigan? is it to the public and want on the national stage? someone they want to consider building into a national level politician? >> no, but it's someone that donald trump sure likes and buys into her rhetoric. donald trump's base buys into that. let's make no mistake about it it is very dangerous. david joliette and i have been talking about where we're headed for political violence in the country it is now deemed acceptable by a third of americans, acceptable.
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that is jaw-dropping. i think when you look at marjorie taylor greene, should she motivate voters to go and keep democrats in power. i saw the sun republican, but one who believes in good governance. that one is on the education committee. you have somebody like that. she was kicked off, but she could be put back on. that scares the blank out of me. >> i got it. david, last word to you on this. >> a dangerous moment, not just for politics but for our culture. also a factually incorrect one, i believe miss greene was referring to incidents are someone who said that they were motivated by anti-democratic means when they engage in violence against an individual. they were there were more republican voters chanting hang mike pence on january 6th than there were in that specific case she decided. violence in our politics is a mercenary and our culture.
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